The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-16

filed with this expectancy. II would
make your privati0ns and annOyances
more bsarabl,.
| In the midst Of the City Of Pars stands,
or did stand, q statue Of the good, but
broken.bearted Josephine. nevsr
imagined that marble could b
smitten into such tenderness. II
seems not lifeless. II the spirit Of
Josephine be disentabernacled, the soul Of
the Empress has taken possession of this
figure. am not vet satisfied that it il
stone. The pun Of the dress on the arm
seems to need but the pressure of the
finger to indent il. The figure at the bot
tom of the robe. the rufus at the neck, the
fur lining on the dress, the embroidery Of
the satin, the cluster Of lily and leaf and
rose in her hand. the pose of her body as
she seems to come sailing out Of the sky,
her face calm, humble. beautiful. but yet
sad, attest the genius of the sculptor and
the beauty Of the heroine he celebrates.
Looking up through the riffs Of the
coronet that encircles her brow, could
see the sky beyond, the great heavens
where all woman's wrongs shall bs right
ed. and the story of endurance and
resignation shall be told to all the ages.
The rose and the lily in the hand OF
Josephine will never drop their
petals. The children of God, whether
they suffer on earth, i'm palaces
or in novels. shall come to that glorious
rest, oh Heaven, sweet Heaven! at thy
gate we sat down all our burdens aud
griefs. The place will be full. Here there
are vacant chairs at the hearth, and at
the table. but there are no vacant chairs
| in Heaven. The crowns all worn; the
thrones all mounted.
Some talk of Heaven as though it were
| very handsome church, where q few
/ favored spirits would come in and sit
down on finely.cushioned seats all by
themselves, and sing psalms to all eter-
| nifty. No, no.
saw great multitude thai no man could
number, standing before the throne. He that
talked with me hsd q golden reed to measure
| the city and /: ras 1z.OD furlongs.
That is, nethousand. fivehundred miles
in circumference. All! Heaven Is not
a little colony at one corner Of
Gods dominion, where q mans en-
trance depends upon what kind Of
clothes he has on his back and how much
| money he has in his purse, but a vast
empire. God grant that the light Of that
blessed world may shine upon our last
moment.
The toughest time we had in crossing
the ocean was at the mouth of Liverpool
harbor. We arrived at nightfall, and
were obliged to lie there till the morning,
waiting for the rising Of the tide, before
We could go up to the city. How the YES.
sci pitched and writhed in the waterl So
sometimes the last illness OF the Christian
is q struggle. He is almost through the
voyage. The waves of temptation toss his
soul, but he waits for the morning. At
last the light dawns, and the tides of Joy
rise in his soul, and he sails up and casts
anchor within the vail.
Is thy heart right!
What question can compare with this in
Importance?
1t is business question. Do you not
realize that Won will soon have to go out OF
that store; that you will have to resign
that partnership; that soon among all
the millions of dollars worth
of goods that are sold in New
York you will not have the handling of a
yard of cloth, or pound Of sugar, or q
penny worth of any thing; that soon if a
conflagration should start at Central
Park and sweep every thing to the Bat.
terry, it would not disturb you: that soon
il every cashier should abscond, and
every insurance company should fail, it
would not affect you? What are the
questions that stop this sids the grave
compared with the questions that reach
beyond il? Are you making losses that
are to be everlasting? Are Won making
purchases for eternity? Are you jobbing
for time when v on might be wholesaling
for eternity: What question of the store
is SO broad at the base. and so altitudin.
Gus and so overwhelming as the question:
Is thy heart right.
Or is it a domestic question. Is it
something about father. or mother, or
companion. or son, or daughter, that you
think is comparable with this ques tion in
importan ;e? Do you not realize that by
universal and memorable law. all these re-
lations will be broken up? Yonr father
will be gone, your mother will be gone,
your companion will he gone. your child
will be gone. you will be gone. and then
this supsrnal question will begin to har-
vest its chief gains, or deplore it's worst
losses, roll up into its mightiest magni-
tude, or sweep its vast circles. What
difference now does It make to
Napoleon III. whether he triumphed
or surrendered at Sedan? whether
he lived at the Tuilleries or at
Chiselhurst? whether he was emperor or
exile? They laid him out in his coffin in
the dress Of a field.marshal. Did that
give him any better chance for the next
world than IL he had been laid out in q
plain shroud? And soon to US what will
be the difference whether in this world
we rode or walked, were bowed to or NAL.
treated, were applauded or Kissed at,
were welcomed in or kicked out, while
laying hold of every moment Of the great
future, and burning in al the splen dor or
grief, and overarching and undergoing all
time and all eternity, is the plain, simple,
practical, thrilling, agonizing, over.
whelming question,
Is thy heart right:
Have you within Won a repenting
heart, an e1pectant heart: II not must
write upon your soul what George White
field wrote upon the window pane with
his diamond ring. He tarried in an
elegant house over night. but found that
there was no God recognized in that
house. Before he left his room in the
morning. with his ring he wrote upon
the widow pane "One thing thou lack
est" After the guest was gone the
housewife came up and looked at the
window and saw the Inscription and
called her husband and her children, and
God. through that ministry of the
window glass, brought them all to Jesus.
Though you may to-day b, surrounded by
comforts and luxuries and feel that you |
have need Of nothing, il you are not the |
children Of God with the signet ring OF
Christ's love, let me inscribe upon your |
souls: ''One thing thou lackest."
Ipray you that. whatever else you may
miss, you may not miss Heaven. 1t Is too !
bright home to lose. Your soul has been |